Is Job Stability in the United States Falling? Reconciling Trends in the Current Population Survey and Panel Study of Income Dynamics

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (S4) ◽  
pp. S1-S28 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Jaeger ◽  
Ann Huff Stevens
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Job Stability ◽  
Current Population

A CAUTIONARY NOTE ON USING (MARCH) CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY AND PANEL STUDY OF INCOME DYNAMICS DATA TO STUDY WORKER MOBILITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gueorgui Kambourov ◽  
Iourii Manovskii
Keyword(s):  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Occupational Mobility ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Worker Mobility ◽  
Current Population ◽  
Industry Affiliation

The monthly Current Population Survey (CPS), with its annual demographic March supplement, and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) are the leading sources of data on worker reallocation across occupations, industries, and firms. Much of the active current research is based on these data. In this paper, we contrast these data sets as sources of data for measuring the dynamics of worker mobility. We find that (i) (March) CPS data are characterized by a substantial amount of noise when it comes to identifying occupational and industry switches; (ii) March CPS data provide a poor measure of annual occupational mobility and, instead, most likely measure mobility over a much shorter period; (iii) (the changes in) the procedure to impute missing data have a dramatic effect on the interpretation of the CPS data in, e.g., the trend in occupational mobility. The most important shortcomings of the PSID are the facts that (i) occupational and industry affiliation data are available in most years at an annual frequency; (ii) the PSID's sample, by design, excludes immigrants arriving in the United States after 1968; (iii) the Retrospective Occupation–Industry Files with reliable occupation and industry affiliation data are available only until 1980.

The Labor Market Skills of Recent Male Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Survey

ILR Review ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 792-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Funkhouser ◽  
Stephen J. Trejo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Census Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Recent Immigrants ◽  
Current Population ◽  
Using Data

Using data from special supplements to the Current Population Survey (CPS), the authors track the education and hourly earnings of recent male immigrants to the United States. In terms of these measures of labor market skills, the CPS data suggest that immigrants who came in the late 1980s were more skilled than those who arrived earlier in the decade. This pattern represents a break from the steady decline in immigrant skill levels observed in 1940–80 Census data. Despite the encouraging trend over the 1980s, however, the average skills of recent immigrants remain low by historical standards.

Change in the Undocumented Alien Population in the United States, 1979–1983

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1304-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Passel ◽  
Karen A. Woodrow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Recent Period ◽  
Current Population

This article presents estimates of the number of undocumented aliens included in the April 1983 Current Population Survey (CPS) derived by subtracting an estimate of the legally resident foreign born population from the survey estimate of all foreign born residents. The methodology is similar to that used by Warren and Passel (1987) with the 1980 census. Also presented are similar estimates for the November 1979 CPS — reestimates following the work of Warren (1982). Estimates are presented by period of entry for Mexico and other groups of countries. Comparison of the April 1983 estimate with the census-based estimate and the November 1979 survey-based estimate provide an indication of growth in the undocumented alien population for 1980–83. For this recent period, the implied annual growth in the undocumented alien population is in the range of 100,000 to 300,000 — a range lower than has usually been offered in speculative assessments.

Earnings Differences among the Mexican-Origin Population in the United States: Nativity and Citizenship Explanations

1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo ◽  
Gonzalo Pinon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mexican Origin ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Current Population

We use data from the June 1986 Current Population Survey to investigate nativity and citizenship differences in earnings within the Mexican-origin population in the United States. There is no evidence of any “costs” of nativity or citizenship status. Rather, the existing variation appears to be more than explained by the distribution of earnings-related endowments. In fact, there is evidence that immigrants are better rewarded for their lower endowments. A possible explanation is that the Mexican-origin population is seen as homogeneous by employers, who therefore compensate individuals similarly, regardless of their respective endowments.

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